A cancer patient goes in search of his family jewels in order to restore his manhood.
Premiered @ The Moscow Kino Short Film Festival 2013 (WINNER)

Directed by: Lynnsey Phillips

Shown @ The Moscow Kino Digital Media Film Festival

A 48 Hour Film Challenge brought to you by the Acceptable Voyeurism team at StaysharpMedia and the University of Idaho.

Two not-quite-sober wedding attendees chat about their relationship pitfalls while in the can.

This film made for the 2012 Film Challenge

http://www.filmchallenge.org

Theme: DRAMA

Prop: Bowtie

Dialogue: “I’ll Take Two”

Character: Diego Whyte – Carpenter

Check out last years challenge and other 48 Hour Films below!

The shift from traditional movie renting practices to Netflix and Redbox has caused the collapse of such giants as Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. Locally owned and operated Howard Hughes video is still going strong amidst this climate. With the largest and widest selection of movies to choose from on the Palouse, there is a reason that they are still in business. Their prices for new releases are competitive with Redbox, especially when you rent two and get the third new release rental for free. And you get to keep them for five days. For their vast collection of classic movies, the five movies, five days, five dollars deal is something even Redbox and Netflix can’t out do. So next time you are looking to rent a movie, skip Redbox, don’t wait for your Netflix to arrive, and save yourself some money by renting at Howard Hughes. The most diverse collection of movie rentals on the Palouse! Check out the video below!

Article By: Jake Ellis

Like many of us photogs and video maniacs, we always have a hard time deciding are next move in terms of camera equipment. Imagine you’re NASA, what type of camera is going to survive and perform in the extremely harsh environment that Mars unfortunately has to offer. A fancy rain cover isn’t going to cut it.  These cameras need to be weather sealed to the max as the landing forecast was -53c(-63.4F) and wind speeds are merciless picking up high volumes of dust and howling around 90mph.

NASA was smart enough not to strap a Cannon EOS 7D or a Nikon D300 to the belly of the beast. If you think USB cable transfer is slow, imagine a high megapixel sensor sending an image 350 million miles to earth. There isn’t enough tea and crumpets in the world to wait for those pictures. Instead, the rover is fitted with a modest 2 megapixel sensor and most images with be chomped down before sending them back to earth. Fortunately, the sensor will be able to slide some 720p video into the mix snatching an instant thumbs up.

Curiosity has a total of 17 cameras mounted on the rover but the two that stand out sit atop the neck of the rover like a pair of binoculars – each having a fixed focal length lens. One Camera has a wider angle 34mm lens and the other a 100mm lens. What was told to be a heated debate, both cameras originally were to have duplicate zoom lenses. Obviously for cost savings the decisions was stiff revealing them to be fixed focal length. Some other fancy features of Curiosity’s cameras is the delight full 360 degree panorama and a raw stereo mode allowing the two cams to combine making a quasi-3D image. (Maybe with the use of these cameras, will get a nice portrait of a martian who may incidentally wander through the frame)